Iron Rhetoric, ep. 32: Martin Symposium Paper, part 3. - Pactum Institute

Rev McAtee continues his discussion of a paper he was invited to present at Indiana Wesleyan University's inaugural Martin Symposium.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-32-martin-symposium-paper-part-3

The Pactum Institute condemns the diabolical lie being spread about pastor Shover in the strongest possible terms.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-statements/the-diabolical-lie-about-pastor-michael-shover

"The ideal of the Transvaal Boers—one nation, one church, and one civil government co-operating in an organic unity, thereby shaping the entire culture of the land as a Corpus Christianum—was rooted in the covenantal thinking of the Zurich Reformation in particular."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/christian-nationalism-and-the-dutch-reformed-church-of-transvaal

Pastor Bret starts a short series responding to R. Scott Clark's take on Christian Nationalism.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-33-r-scott-clark-s-opining-on-christian-nationalism-rejected-part-i

"In accordance with the federal tradition rooted in the theology and social theory of John Duns Scotus (1265-1308), Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575) and Johannes Althusius (1563-1638), we need to actively work towards a decentralized covenantal social order."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/covenantalism-and-the-fight-against-government-and-corporate-tyranny

"Shockingly, even if the Belgian government were to permanently stop all immigration from outside of Europe immediately, this measure still wouldn’t be enough to stop European people from eventually becoming a minority in the EU's capital."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-statements/only-43-of-children-in-the-european-union-s-capital-are-of-european-origin

"Europe currently experiencing droughts, wildfires, a loss of crops and devastating heat waves can indeed in part be attributed to the European people themselves—not to their use of fossil fuels, however, but to their apostasy."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/climate-disasters-and-divine-providence

Pastor Bret continues his response to R. Scott Clark's take on Christian Nationalism.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-34-r-scott-clark-s-opining-on-christian-nationalism-2

"Today more than half of Europe’s population is already over the age of 45 and nearly a quarter of the population is over 65, because for decades now angst about the future has been motivating so many European couples’ decision to have only one child or no children at all."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/eschatology-shapes-demographics

In his latest academic article, dr. Adi Schlebusch discusses Groen van Prinsterer's Christian-Historical view of history, nature and general revelation.

Here is an extended abstract:

https://www.litnet.co.za/history-nature-and-general-revelation-in-the-christian-historical-thought-of-groen-van-prinsterer/

Part three of the series responding to R Scott Clark's take on Christian Nationalism.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-35-r-scott-clark-s-opining-on-christian-nationalism-part-3

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"China’s automotive industry is continually eating away at the margins of Germany’s key high-wage industry, and on top of that even the German chemical giant BASF recently announced that its new $10 billion production plant will also be opened in China. This comes as it is cutting down production in Germany itself."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-statements/de-industrialization-is-destroying-the-german-economy

Pastor McAtee starts a new series in which he critically evaluates historical narratives about the 20th century.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-36-questioning-the-20th-century-narrative

"The reformers' positive reception of Seneca’s doctrine of providence is therefore particularly interesting given the fact that Seneca, a contemporary of Christ and the apostles, never expressed any knowledge nor appreciation of any part of the Christian Canon as divine revelation."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/the-reformers-the-westminster-divines-and-the-pagan-philosopher-seneca-s-teachings-on-providence

Pactum's book table at the Movement for Christian Nationalist Education's annual arts and culture festival.

This week pastor McAtee examines a certain critique of RJ Rushdoony as offered by Carl Trueman.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-37-questioning-the-20th-century-narrative-part-ii

Go vote in our latest poll.

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"This is Christian Nationalism in practice. This is what the promotion of Christianity in the public domain looks like. This is an example of what article 36 of the Belgic Confession describes as the civil government’s duty to promote the Kingdom of Christ."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/christian-nationalism-in-hungary

In the third and final installment of this series, pastor McAtee discusses a portion of John Wear's book "Germany's War."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-38-questioning-the-20th-century-narrative-part-iii